According to Keith M Deutcher’s Breweries of Australia, Cascade Brewery is our oldest operating brewery, having started making beer in 1832. It was set up by Peter Degraves, who arrived in Hobart […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day Five
Australian Beer History Week – Day One
This week at Beer Is Your Friend, we’ll be looking at a bit of the brewing history of Australia, one state per day (and the two territories on the same day). I’ll […]
It’s YouTubesday!
Given that Michael Jackson is a legend in beer circles, it’s surprising how hard it is to get copies of the books he wrote and the Beer Hunter TV series he made. […]
The Thursday quote
“There’s a slam on light beer: ‘People who drink them don’t like drinking beer; they like to pee.’ But if you’re only drinking eight per cent beers, you don’t like to drink. […]
Dubbel not worth the trouble
When it comes to Sierra Nevada beers, this is easily the most unusual- looking. Firstly, it comes under cork and features labelling to make it look way older than it really is. […]
Z is for zymurgical heraldry
This is a niche in the world of beer that I never knew existed. Now that I do I’m sure there are some people who are really, really into it. Zymurgical heraldry […]
Y is for Yakima Valley
Beer geeks know that the Yakima Valley in Washington state is the main hop-growing region of the United States. But what I didn’t know is the region wasn’t naturally suited for hop […]
X is for xanthohumol
So X is another one of those letters where there isn’t a lot going on in the Oxford Companion to Beer. There are just three entries – and one of them (xerogel) […]
W is for Westvleteren
In the world of the beer geek a beer from Westvleteren is the Holy Grail. Which is not hard to understand why when you look at the hoops those monks make people […]
V is for Vapeur Brewery
The Vapeur Brewery in the town of Pipaix, Belgium, isn’t in the Oxford Companion to Beer because they needed something to put in the V section. It actually is worthy of note. […]
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